Goodbye period shame and secrecy, farewell clunky sanitary products. Menstruation is out and proud in 2021, thanks to women in their 20s and 30s who will no longer hide this most basic of female bodily functions. The Sydney Morning Herald senior writer Jacqueline Maley and Sydney University political economist Elizabeth Hill join Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland on Good Weekend Talks to discuss how and why the period got politicised, the pros and cons of menstrual leave, period poverty in the third world, and the broader global revolution in attitudes towards reproductive health. 

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Goodbye period shame and secrecy, farewell clunky sanitary products. Menstruation is out and proud in 2021, thanks to women in their 20s and 30s who will no longer hide this most basic of female bodily functions.&nbsp;The Sydney Morning Herald&nbsp;senior writer Jacqueline Maley and Sydney University political economist Elizabeth Hill join&nbsp;Good Weekend&nbsp;editor Katrina Strickland on&nbsp;Good Weekend Talks&nbsp;to discuss how and why the period got politicised, the pros and cons of menstrual&nbsp;leave, period poverty in the third world, and the broader global revolution in attitudes&nbsp;towards&nbsp;reproductive health.&nbsp;
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